Umamiventures are organized monthly, traveling far and wide to find good, cheap grub off the beaten path.
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August 26, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl Wrap-Up
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 4 (Rico’s Tacos-WTF?) View Larger MapPaystyle: Overall I thought Ba Xuyen was in a class of its own–no comparison. It’s one of those places where […]
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 4 (Rico’s Tacos-WTF?)
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh) When I wrote Porkchop Express asking him for his personal recommendation for banh mis in Sunset Park, he suggested to make a detour to Rico’s Tacos for a torta. Still […]
August 25, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 3 (Tan Thanh)
Preface:Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da) Judson: Tan Thanh was unsatisfying for multiple reasons: the bread was old and crumbly, and the “lunchmeat” ingredients were second rate Oscar Meyer. Payman: Strange but everything they served seemed to be the #1 combo, even if you […]
August 22, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 2 (Thanh Da)
Preface: Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen) Kayoko: They added ground bbq pork here in their combo #1, which added a nice sweetness cut by the ass-kicking jalapeño. A very well-formulated, balanced sandwich. Michelle: Thanh Da was pretty good, but felt a little less fresh as far as the ingredients. I thought […]
August 20, 2008
Umamiventure #11: Banh Mi Crawl, Pt. 1 (Ba Xuyen)
Last weekend, we had THE Umamiventure of Umamiventures. It was a gorgeous, cloudless August day- over the course of 4+ hours, 15 of us hit up 4 sandwich spots in the Sunset Park section of Brooklyn. Yes, somehow there were 15 people on Planet Earth insane enough to go on this trip- some who had […]
August 6, 2008
Umamiventure #11 This Saturday!
Sunset Park Banh Mi CrawlSat. 8/9 at 1pmBrooklyn, NY It’s a banh mi off! First stop, Ba Xuyen. For details, visit the UM Facebook event page, or email umamimart@gmail.com
May 29, 2008
Umamiventure #10: Bohemian Hall & Beer Garden
Despite the rainy, chilly weather, quite a few people came out for our monthly food field trip, this time to the infamous Czech beer hall, Bohemian, in Astoria, Queens. Such troopers! On top of the miserable weather, I think all of us had been stuck on the N train, or waiting for the N train, […]
March 13, 2008
Umamiventure #8: Puerto Alegre
We met up for our special SF Umamiventure on a sunny Saturday at Puerto Alegre (PA) in the Mission. This place has been around since 1970 (!). I was excited for a lunch of CalMex delights, but everyone else was unphased. To them, this was just another lunch, afterall. These people in Cali take their […]
February 22, 2008
Umamiventure #7 : Pacificana, Sunset Park
This past Sunday we intrepid Umami Marters made the trek to Sunset Park for an Umamiventure visit to famed Chinese joint Pacificana. Although Pacificana is best known for dim sum, we threw caution to the winds and reserved a table for dinner. Waving aside the free (maybe? we weren’t sure…) soda awaiting us at our […]